
- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
In this breathaking work of Indigenous futurism, Darcie Little Badger weaves an unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family.
Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She’s always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories.
Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake.
Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven’t been in centuries.
And there are some who will kill to keep them apart.
BEST OF THE YEAR
Minneapolis Star Tribune • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus • Apple Books • New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library • Autostraddle
AWARDS
NEBULA AWARD WINNER
NEWBERY AWARD HONOR
AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD HONOR
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST
P R A I S E
“A spellbinding tale.” —Texas Monthly
“Genre-bending.”—TIME
“Undeniably charming.”—Tor.com
★ “Evokes the timeless feeling of listening to traditional oral storytelling.”—Kirkus (starred)
★ “Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)
★ “Magical, stunning, and wholly original.”—Booklist (starred)
“A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."—School Library Connection
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Nina, Age 9
- Cottonmouth is Cast from Home
- Nina, Age 13
- Cottonmouth is Hunted by a Monster
- Nina, Age 13
- Cottonmouth Meets the Coyote Sisters
- Nina, Age 14
- Cottonmouth Meets Cooper’s Hawk and a Sinister Stranger
- Nina, Age 15
- Cottonmouth Meets a Bounty Hunter
- Cottonmouth Reaches a Fork in the Road
- Nina, Age 16
- Cottonmouth Challenges Death
- Nina, Age 16
- Cottonmouth Meets the Scribes
- Nina, Age 16
- Cottonmouth Hatches a Plan
- Nina, 3 Days Before Landfall
- Cottonmouth Journeys to the Fourth Peak
- Nina, 3 Days Before Landfall
- Cottonmouth Meets an Originator
- Cottonmouth Falls to Earth
- Nina, 3 Days Before Landfall
- Nina, 2 Days Before Landfall
- Cottonmouth Stars in an Action Movie
- Nina, 2 Days Before Landfall
- Cottonmouth Confronts an Impostor
- Nina, 2 Days Before Landfall
- Cottonmouth Remembers Flowers
- Nina, Shortly Before Landfall
- Cottonmouth, Hawk, and the Coyote Sisters Fight the Wind
- Nina, Cottonmouth, and Coyote Fight a Tornado
- Cottonmouth Returns
- Nina, Shortly Before Landfall
- Cottonmouth’s Heart Breaks
- Nina Defies the Nightmare
- The Knight Flies Away
- Two Weeks Later
- One Year Later
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Some Notes on This Book’s Production